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[cheers and applause] i want to fight to protect our environment, our air, and our water. [cheers and applause] i want to fight to expand health care to all americans step by step, children first. [cheers and applause] . with so much at stake, i want to fight for our fiscal prosperity and keep our economy moving. [cheers and applause] for social security and medicare, i have just begun to fight, and i want to fight for you. [cheers and applause] i believe we have a chance in the rest of this campaign to make the single greatest commitment to education since the gi bill, to balance the budget to pay down the debt, to reduce the burden on the children for clean air and clean water, for civil rights, and for women's rights. we have just begun to fight. [cheers and applause] for inequal day's pay for an equal day's work. [cheers and applause] for a woman's right to choose which should never be taken away. never weekend. [cheers and applause] we have just begun to fight. now tonight, tonight, we will leave new hampshire, and in the days and weeks ahead, i will crisscross this c
[cheers and applause] i want to fight to protect our environment, our air, and our water. [cheers and applause] i want to fight to expand health care to all americans step by step, children first. [cheers and applause] . with so much at stake, i want to fight for our fiscal prosperity and keep our economy moving. [cheers and applause] for social security and medicare, i have just begun to fight, and i want to fight for you. [cheers and applause] i believe we have a chance in the rest of this...
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. >> i think we have to talk about the current environment because the dominant fact of the current environment is the way the information is being received. the readers and viewers are very different today. we had a readership that is much more open to real fact than today. there is a huge audience partly whipped into shape by this 24- hour cycle that's looking for information to confirm their already-held political, religious, prejudices', believes, and ideologies. that is the cauldron into which all of this information is put. we had a bit of that. they tried to make our conduct in the press the issue and it worked for a while and they called us democrats and said bradley was a well-known liberal and all the rest. it did not work anymore. i have no doubt there are great reporters out there in news organizations that could do this story. what i don't think -- i'm not so sure it would withstand this cultural reception that it might get ground up in the process. >> i don't think that's the problem. the question is what you have the institution? if you go back and look at this from the perspecti
. >> i think we have to talk about the current environment because the dominant fact of the current environment is the way the information is being received. the readers and viewers are very different today. we had a readership that is much more open to real fact than today. there is a huge audience partly whipped into shape by this 24- hour cycle that's looking for information to confirm their already-held political, religious, prejudices', believes, and ideologies. that is the cauldron...
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we are in a new media environment. there is a hunter on the part of cable in particular to have people talk from both parties throughout the week. there is no letup in the debate. it creates, i think, a different dynamic for anybody planning a convention. it used to be you had four nights of the essentially an infomercial. you could do it unfettered and uninterrupted. that is not the case anymore. you can do all the planning, but you will have to fight for the time, fight to get that message through. the one thing that you know is that you are not going to have a free hand acting that message out. >> again, some of the sound behind me is as they are testing the microphones. when mitt romney was talking about growing up in michigan and making that offhand remark, it hit the twitter universe in a matter of seconds. as political points out, his comments became a full-blown story in less than the time of a sitcom. that shows you the rapidity of the process. >> that is astonishing. for those of us who have been added a numb
we are in a new media environment. there is a hunter on the part of cable in particular to have people talk from both parties throughout the week. there is no letup in the debate. it creates, i think, a different dynamic for anybody planning a convention. it used to be you had four nights of the essentially an infomercial. you could do it unfettered and uninterrupted. that is not the case anymore. you can do all the planning, but you will have to fight for the time, fight to get that message...
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we are in this new media environment. there is a hunger on cable, to have both parties talking throughout the convention week. so there is no let up in the debate. and it creates a different dynamic for anyone planning a convention. it used to be you had four nights of an infomercial. and could do it unfettered and uninterrupted. in the sense you can do that planning but you have to fight for the time to get that message through. and the one thing you know is that you are not going to have a freehand to get that message out. >> and the sound behind me as they rehearse and test the mics and everything. and one thing that came up on friday, when mitt romney was talking about growing up in michigan. and it hit the twitter university in seconds. and less than the time of a sitcom it was a full-blown story. >> yeah, it was astonishing in a number of ways. the speed and velocity of what information moves. and some sticks and a lot doesn't. that's an example of everything is on a hair trigger. and a candidate that romney saying
we are in this new media environment. there is a hunger on cable, to have both parties talking throughout the convention week. so there is no let up in the debate. and it creates a different dynamic for anyone planning a convention. it used to be you had four nights of an infomercial. and could do it unfettered and uninterrupted. in the sense you can do that planning but you have to fight for the time to get that message through. and the one thing you know is that you are not going to have a...
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question, can we afford to wait, on the other hand, can we afford not to wait, to allow the political environment to be more conducive to a successful military intervention and to allow the process of force generation to proceed, which does take time to train, equip, and develop a source for its employees. so in a sense we have few choices but to allow those processes to unfold, clearly we're concerned that it takes time to do so but i think we have a sense of moving forward with -- as rapidly as feeze, as rapidly as the circumstances will allow us to do so, recognizing the tremendous leadership that the african partners have already shown both in terms of political dynamics and the initiatives that are supporting this planning process at present. >> thank you. senator isaacson? >> i have just one question. ms. dory. if, as secretary carson said, military discontent with the government support was a major contributing factor to the coup, then the military will be a major contributor -- contributing factor to how successful an election is going to be. in your testimony you say there's a sunogo is
question, can we afford to wait, on the other hand, can we afford not to wait, to allow the political environment to be more conducive to a successful military intervention and to allow the process of force generation to proceed, which does take time to train, equip, and develop a source for its employees. so in a sense we have few choices but to allow those processes to unfold, clearly we're concerned that it takes time to do so but i think we have a sense of moving forward with -- as rapidly...
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it was a different type of environment because my board of directors consisted of 53 people. including the governor and mayor and a number of public officials. it was a quasi-private-public opportunity to work together. i had a lot of bosses. i began the process of helping becoming a better governor. you have to take the time to meet with all the people do have interest and concerns, all the constituencies around something as big as the olympics. you cannot to staff a few people go sit in a room and come up what they think is smart. and impose it on the country. that is not the way to make major changes. >> what was your mom and dad think about your race for the presidency? >> they would be absolutely overjoyed and delighted. it breaks my heart they cannot be here. when i ran for senate a long time ago, my dad moved into the house for almost six months. he would write speeches and ideas. he went to parades, he was 86, 87, 88 years old. they would be over 100 this year. >> what about you personally? what is it like to run for president physically? >> a lot of work, a lot of en
it was a different type of environment because my board of directors consisted of 53 people. including the governor and mayor and a number of public officials. it was a quasi-private-public opportunity to work together. i had a lot of bosses. i began the process of helping becoming a better governor. you have to take the time to meet with all the people do have interest and concerns, all the constituencies around something as big as the olympics. you cannot to staff a few people go sit in a...
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it is a difficult environment. winston churchill once said the only thing certain about or is it is full of disappointments and mistakes. and it is true. it is tough. but when it comes to a wartime contract and we have to look back and understand reforms are necessary to avoid making more costly mistakes. this is not just a retrospective, because contractors are still very much in gauged, particularly in afghanistan, where the u.s. still has over 100,000 private contractors. even in iraq today, after the last u.s. troops returned home december, the departments of defense and state maintain roughly 30,000 private contractors. at this time of serious fiscal challenges and trillion dollar deficits, we must do all we can to avoid waste and to get the best possible value out of the taxpayers' dollar. the war contracting commission along with a long series of inspector general report identified some of the issues which should be focused on, ranging from improving reliable price information to ensure the government is get
it is a difficult environment. winston churchill once said the only thing certain about or is it is full of disappointments and mistakes. and it is true. it is tough. but when it comes to a wartime contract and we have to look back and understand reforms are necessary to avoid making more costly mistakes. this is not just a retrospective, because contractors are still very much in gauged, particularly in afghanistan, where the u.s. still has over 100,000 private contractors. even in iraq today,...
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but they need proper consideration to make sure it is environment lease it. >> law recognizing that the construction trade is the biggest source of job loss that we're talking about. it is urgent for our country. the people that we see in these halls, they work harder on public improvements. all the things of the transcontinental railroad. it is the 75th their anniversary of the bay bridge and we will it analysts that soon. but the fact is, during depression and the public have the confidence and knew the urgency of building infrastructure, building people together. we did -- if we need to do something and we need to do it now. thank you. >> president obama was in minneapolis to speak about jobs and the economy. the president is pushing congress to create jobs and address the middle class. this is about 35 minutes. >> hello, and golden valley. it is a good to be back in minnesota. it is good to see your governor here. although way over, we were talking about buying for spammed. the governor did a great job. your plane -- you were praying, too. you have two outstanding senators. [laughte
but they need proper consideration to make sure it is environment lease it. >> law recognizing that the construction trade is the biggest source of job loss that we're talking about. it is urgent for our country. the people that we see in these halls, they work harder on public improvements. all the things of the transcontinental railroad. it is the 75th their anniversary of the bay bridge and we will it analysts that soon. but the fact is, during depression and the public have the...
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looking at, recently, of all of the celebrities who have come to town to lobby on the issues, with the environment, what is this and how do you describe hollywood today, and what kind of impact -- it did not change your views or those of michelle fields. >> it is the power of the image, the big image, the authority of mass media. this is principled in terms of its power. this is something that the early politicians, if they were communists or conservatives or whatever, there were quite aware of this as a new mass media was coming forward. and in forms us in ways that, 100 years ago, no generation was ever informed. this is one of the developments i tried to track in the death of a grown-up, with the authority of the parents and the group around the family, if this is the clergy or the schools, this is completely overshadowed by the media. and no longer is the authority more or less conservative in any particular human or people. it becomes these voices out there. i think that unless you are paying very close attention and are a perverse individual likes to find themselves in a position -- in oppos
looking at, recently, of all of the celebrities who have come to town to lobby on the issues, with the environment, what is this and how do you describe hollywood today, and what kind of impact -- it did not change your views or those of michelle fields. >> it is the power of the image, the big image, the authority of mass media. this is principled in terms of its power. this is something that the early politicians, if they were communists or conservatives or whatever, there were quite...
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i cannot think of a worse name in this environment. it was an enormous arterial piece that moved anywhere in the world. it is not something that was appropriate for the 21st century and the asymmetric warfare that we're facing. and the opposition to it was just incredible. the entire community, the civilian contractors, the congress. i will give you an example. when i was secretary of defense in the '70s, the bill was 74 pages long. when i came back in the year 2001, if i am not mistaken, the defense authorization bill was 500 pages. >> what do you hear? >> it was a system. conventional threats. that is what i was talking about in terms of focus. we look at the pop landscape. this is the guy that is lumps in to that charge. whatever he wanted to do was rendered not moot but was overcome by the events post- 9/11. he also had the really legendary arguments about the structure required to take iraq. he wanted to lowball it. he did lowball it. it played out in ways that the secretary was may be proved the one he was right. >> he said you n
i cannot think of a worse name in this environment. it was an enormous arterial piece that moved anywhere in the world. it is not something that was appropriate for the 21st century and the asymmetric warfare that we're facing. and the opposition to it was just incredible. the entire community, the civilian contractors, the congress. i will give you an example. when i was secretary of defense in the '70s, the bill was 74 pages long. when i came back in the year 2001, if i am not mistaken, the...
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[applause] she knew her mission is to figure out how to protect the environment, but restructure the regulations slowing down new business start-ups and she did this by shifting key business start approvals to zero-day approval. [applause] another woman who will introduce i knew very well because she also worked with mitt in the olympics and i was involved with a lot of things that she cared about at the olympics -- cindy gillespie. [applause] after the olympics, she also joined the team and made sure that all of the promises that mitt made during the campaign that we follow through with. she oversaw all of that. so the bottom line is, having this women here, having year, having all the women in the audience come is to know that mitt put women in key leadership mitt put women in key leadership positions to help
[applause] she knew her mission is to figure out how to protect the environment, but restructure the regulations slowing down new business start-ups and she did this by shifting key business start approvals to zero-day approval. [applause] another woman who will introduce i knew very well because she also worked with mitt in the olympics and i was involved with a lot of things that she cared about at the olympics -- cindy gillespie. [applause] after the olympics, she also joined the team and...
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i'd call that an unusual testing environment. [laughter] very few applicants have to solve math problems and write essays while taking incoming mortar fire. [laughter] indeed, the challenges these wars present to young warriors are perhaps the most daunting in our nation's history because in addition to fighting for your country, your predecessors and you will be asked to do so much more. you are asked to take on tasks once reserved only for those with years of seniority and take on responsibilities far beyond the base or the battlefield. young men and women steeped in military doctrine have had to master the intricacies of tribal politics, deal with issues ranging from electricity to unemployment, currency exchange to taxation. you are a remarkable, remarkable, remarkable group. it has been one of the singular honors of my life to be assigned by president obama to oversee our policy in iraq, to see firsthand the accomplishments of our warriors during my multiple trips in and out of afghanistan and iraq as both a u.s. senator, an
i'd call that an unusual testing environment. [laughter] very few applicants have to solve math problems and write essays while taking incoming mortar fire. [laughter] indeed, the challenges these wars present to young warriors are perhaps the most daunting in our nation's history because in addition to fighting for your country, your predecessors and you will be asked to do so much more. you are asked to take on tasks once reserved only for those with years of seniority and take on...
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but the ability to stumble on a more hear people talking about them and then let me go into an environment and go doubling around and that, find out that i sort of like honey boo boo, that is a huge part of the american television experience and it gets sold short when you get techno is t-- ecstatic. a lot of americans love the enjoyment of escaping passivity and be able to roam around the tv jungle of finding things it did not know were there. >> michael powell on the future of television, monday night at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators." >> tomorrow, join us for reform and how education and innovation can benefit the u.s. economy. speakers include gene sperling, harvard university president, and former congresswoman and portugal vice-president, susan molinari. - google vice-president, susan molinari. from the american enterprise institute, join us live, 5:30 p.m. eastern also here on c- span. president obama troubles monday to an auto plant in michigan to merge congress to extend tax breaks for 998% of americans.
but the ability to stumble on a more hear people talking about them and then let me go into an environment and go doubling around and that, find out that i sort of like honey boo boo, that is a huge part of the american television experience and it gets sold short when you get techno is t-- ecstatic. a lot of americans love the enjoyment of escaping passivity and be able to roam around the tv jungle of finding things it did not know were there. >> michael powell on the future of...
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when i was chief of the army, i said that the environment has changed. we're no longer centralized, her coat. we are global and networked. we are de-centralized. we have to figure out the new set of leaders attributes necessary in this environment. we have been adapting our leader and developmentparadigms. when i go into a meeting to discuss policy or strategy, he who has the best context generally prevails in the argument. it is not necessarily who has the best facts, it is too has the best context in which those exist. we have got to develop leaders who can take the facts of the situation, apply context, and understand. remember what einstein said, march 14, same birthday. i consider it an omen of some kind. he said if i had an hour to save the world, i would spend 55 minutes understanding the problem and five minutes solving it. that was true in the middle part of the 20th century. i would say it is even more true in the 21st century. we spend far too little time understanding problems before we try to solve them. i am in conversation with one of the
when i was chief of the army, i said that the environment has changed. we're no longer centralized, her coat. we are global and networked. we are de-centralized. we have to figure out the new set of leaders attributes necessary in this environment. we have been adapting our leader and developmentparadigms. when i go into a meeting to discuss policy or strategy, he who has the best context generally prevails in the argument. it is not necessarily who has the best facts, it is too has the best...
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by the way, this is the most challenging foreign policy environment ever. i thought the first cold war was pretty challenging. i thought that the post-9/11 era was challenging. but we have both of those here. my question would be, do we have the international architecture to deal with all of those problems? american leadership is still indispensable, but how was that supposed to function in such a complex world. >> thank you for moderating this. i really do believe that. in this political setting, i would say that every county has been heard from in every part of the world. there are additional issues now considered national security issues. we have added an era of information technology. suddenly we know everything about everything happening everywhere, which raises a lot of issues out there to be dealt with. one of the structures, part of the problem, i believe, and i have been known as many things, including structure -- structural, we have known many things that do not work well, and we are looking at institutional crises in some terms, with an in capab
by the way, this is the most challenging foreign policy environment ever. i thought the first cold war was pretty challenging. i thought that the post-9/11 era was challenging. but we have both of those here. my question would be, do we have the international architecture to deal with all of those problems? american leadership is still indispensable, but how was that supposed to function in such a complex world. >> thank you for moderating this. i really do believe that. in this political...
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people find it not just a difficult environment to operate in because of corruption. it makes it very difficult. it discourage businesses from coming forward. we will continue to work with them to deal with the problem and improve it. >> one of the major criticisms that has been leveled against our participation was the signing of the agreement between iraq and the united states. do you have any thoughts on that in terms of where we are today that enables us to function effectively with them? has that set back our efforts? >> u.s. military did fantastic work in iraq. most iraqis to recognize that and appreciate it. we put in place a strategic framework agreement which we are working on -- working through with the iraqis to engage on a whole range of issues, everything from justice to diplomacy to economic issues, education issues. this is the framework we are pursuing to ensure that we are fully engaged with them, issues that are a concern to us and the concern to them were we can't make traction. i think we can continue to see this function well and continued to make
people find it not just a difficult environment to operate in because of corruption. it makes it very difficult. it discourage businesses from coming forward. we will continue to work with them to deal with the problem and improve it. >> one of the major criticisms that has been leveled against our participation was the signing of the agreement between iraq and the united states. do you have any thoughts on that in terms of where we are today that enables us to function effectively with...
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people find it not just a difficult environment to operate in because of corruption. it makes it very difficult. it discourage businesses from coming forward. we will continue to work with them to deal with the problem and improve it. >> one of the major criticisms that has been leveled against our participation was the signing of the agreement between iraq and the united states. do you have any thoughts on that in terms of where we are today that enables us to function effectively with them? has that set back our efforts? >> u.s. military did fantastic work in iraq. most iraqis to recognize that and appreciate it. we put in place a strategic framework agreement which we are working on -- working through with the iraqis to engage on a whole range of issues, everything from justice to diplomacy to economic issues, education issues. this is the framework we are pursuing to ensure that we are fully engaged with them, issues that are a concern to us and the concern to them were we can't make traction. i think we can continue to see this function well and continued to make
people find it not just a difficult environment to operate in because of corruption. it makes it very difficult. it discourage businesses from coming forward. we will continue to work with them to deal with the problem and improve it. >> one of the major criticisms that has been leveled against our participation was the signing of the agreement between iraq and the united states. do you have any thoughts on that in terms of where we are today that enables us to function effectively with...
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one of the challenges in a decrease in but the environment is to know how much you have to spend. a long time before dhs could get all the debility but yet they are there. it is not an impossible task. it requires some planning and requires some dedication. it does seem like dod has a plan. moving on -- intergovernmental transactions -- a colleague of mine sitting in the front row, ann davis, started groups which were concentrated on low hanging fruit. what things could we identify that we might be able to make progress on her away? the groups separated intergovernmental transactions into four groups you see -- fiduciary benefits, transfers, buy and sell. do you want to guess which one is the biggest and the hardest? which do we do -- to the most transactions with text who was our biggest trading partner? oh, my gosh. category is the biggest. the groups that were formed have been able to reduce the outstanding balances of the year ended every single category. is stillknow bob dacey in the room -- without him here, i can say from the treasury's standpoint, we believe we have reduce
one of the challenges in a decrease in but the environment is to know how much you have to spend. a long time before dhs could get all the debility but yet they are there. it is not an impossible task. it requires some planning and requires some dedication. it does seem like dod has a plan. moving on -- intergovernmental transactions -- a colleague of mine sitting in the front row, ann davis, started groups which were concentrated on low hanging fruit. what things could we identify that we...
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based on what we've learned over the last 10 years of war and where we see security -- the security environment going in the future could we ever tried to -- i say "we" -- we have tried to jump out to 2020, and decide what the threat environment with look- alike, and then determine what capabilities we would need to address it, and then look backwards at ourselves sitting in 2012, getting ready to submit a budget that goes from '13 to '17, knowing we would have four opportunities over the next four years to build this force for 2020, against the strategy we conceived in the fall. the submission was just the first step in what will be four steps, because we will submit pom's, program offering memorandums. if we don't do it the way i just described, we will be doing this on an annual basis with no framework or idea of where we want to be added 2020. i said we were not going to talk about sequestration, but i have to mention it in the context of the question. as i stand here before you, we submitted the budget in february. it is in market right now in the congress of the united states. i don't kno
based on what we've learned over the last 10 years of war and where we see security -- the security environment going in the future could we ever tried to -- i say "we" -- we have tried to jump out to 2020, and decide what the threat environment with look- alike, and then determine what capabilities we would need to address it, and then look backwards at ourselves sitting in 2012, getting ready to submit a budget that goes from '13 to '17, knowing we would have four opportunities over...
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it is a fractious environment, a regime divided. who determines the level of cooperation on counter-terrorism and counterinsurgency? >> as you may know, sir, the pakistani government is in the throes of kind of re-examining perhaps a reset of what the relationship will be with the united states. that is a subject that their parliament is going to take up. so we will wait for the outcome of that. >> how do you assess the current economic situation of pakistan? >> they have their challenges. it is a tough situation there for them. >> another question of pakistan. your assessment on the likelihood of another military coup in pakistan over the next year to two years? is that a closed session? >> well, the history has been they have never had an administration that has seen the completion of its whole term. this one may succeed, despite all its current challenges and the court proceeding that is going on there now. i do not think it is the inclination of the current army leadership very sensitive to the independence of the military in no
it is a fractious environment, a regime divided. who determines the level of cooperation on counter-terrorism and counterinsurgency? >> as you may know, sir, the pakistani government is in the throes of kind of re-examining perhaps a reset of what the relationship will be with the united states. that is a subject that their parliament is going to take up. so we will wait for the outcome of that. >> how do you assess the current economic situation of pakistan? >> they have...
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today's environment, you are illiterate if you cannot use a computer. the real unemployment problem -- 7.7% right now. young veterans in the national guard run into problems. to your question, employers want to hire them. we have 6000 companies who use veterans. i can only think of one i ever dealt with -- >> out of how many? >> over 5000. the government contractors for the most part, when there are problems in companies because seven individual making stupid judgments, it is not corporate policy. overall, they do want to hire them. we have to fix the systemic problem. if you fix the problem -- change the policy. in 2006, the unemployment rate was only about 10%. in 2008, it was 23%. employers said wait a minute, i'm not willing to keep them if they are leaving. most of the members of the national guard are 18 to 29. get rid of the problem and you of money a hearing like this today. >> any other comments? i am looking for a correlation between folks using the gi bill and tuition assistance and not preparing for a real job. >> the g.i. bill is working. t
today's environment, you are illiterate if you cannot use a computer. the real unemployment problem -- 7.7% right now. young veterans in the national guard run into problems. to your question, employers want to hire them. we have 6000 companies who use veterans. i can only think of one i ever dealt with -- >> out of how many? >> over 5000. the government contractors for the most part, when there are problems in companies because seven individual making stupid judgments, it is not...
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you have to understand the environment you are intervening -- intervening in. that is a different kind of engagement than what we are undertaking today. >> thank you. we have started a twitter account. we have a question from that account. "what is the likelihood drones could be preprogrammed to deliver a weapon without having humans directly involved in the attacke?" >> i am not aware of any plan by the u.s. air force or any of the other military agencies that are building drones to have them flying tilling robots from terminator 2. there is a very strong emphasis on preserving the war fighter making the decision. having pilot in the drone. if we got down the road towards automation, i think we would have a major legal problem -- problem, but also something we should stay away from. >> it raises an interesting technological question. every lawyer i have talked to about this at the same thing. -- said the same thing. the days of hiring a hit man, but you have your own personal drone do it for you, is not that far away. it is not science fiction anymore. how you
you have to understand the environment you are intervening -- intervening in. that is a different kind of engagement than what we are undertaking today. >> thank you. we have started a twitter account. we have a question from that account. "what is the likelihood drones could be preprogrammed to deliver a weapon without having humans directly involved in the attacke?" >> i am not aware of any plan by the u.s. air force or any of the other military agencies that are...
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fourth, a 24-7 digital media environment that provides a forum and wide dissemination for the most extreme and it vitriolic opinions lead to a coarsening and dumbing down of the national political dialogue. as a result of these and other polarizing factors, the moderate center, the foundation of our political system, is not holding. moderation is equated with lacking principles. compromise means selling out. just at a time when this country needs bipartisan strategies that can and must be sustained through more than one presidency and more than one congress to deal with our most serious, long-term problems, most of the trends are pointing in the opposite direction. progress in our history has come from thinkers and ideologues from both the left and the right. but the laws and policies that implemented the best of those ideas have come from the vital political center, using the results of compromise. at a time when our country faces deep economic and other obstacles at home in a world that keeps getting more complex and more dangerous, the inability of so many political leaders to step outs
fourth, a 24-7 digital media environment that provides a forum and wide dissemination for the most extreme and it vitriolic opinions lead to a coarsening and dumbing down of the national political dialogue. as a result of these and other polarizing factors, the moderate center, the foundation of our political system, is not holding. moderation is equated with lacking principles. compromise means selling out. just at a time when this country needs bipartisan strategies that can and must be...
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and it helps our environment. we have double the amount of renewable energy. thousands of americans have jobs today building went turbines and long-lasting batteries. -- wind turbines and long- lasting batteries. we are less dependent on foreign oil than at any time in the last two years. you have a choice. between plan to repurchase this -- that reverses this progress or one that built on it. as long as i'm president, i will not begin our not let oil properties right in this country's energy plan and i will not let them keep collecting $4 billion in tax payer funds in corporate welfare. we have a better path. we will keep investing in wind and solar and clean coal technology. we will help farmers harness new biofuels. let's put construction workers back to work rebuilding our homes and factories so they waste less energy. we've got to develop a nearly hundred-year supply of natural gas beneath our feet. we can do it in a way that is safe. if you choose this path, we can cut our oil dependence in half by 2020. and we can support about 600,000 new jobs in natur
and it helps our environment. we have double the amount of renewable energy. thousands of americans have jobs today building went turbines and long-lasting batteries. -- wind turbines and long- lasting batteries. we are less dependent on foreign oil than at any time in the last two years. you have a choice. between plan to repurchase this -- that reverses this progress or one that built on it. as long as i'm president, i will not begin our not let oil properties right in this country's energy...
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i have been trying to learn about what is going on with our environment. did you know that it is said that possibly formaldehyde and hydrochloric acid are two of the chemicals added to the water that is pushed into the ground when they have diffracting -- the fracking going on? i found out that in 2005 the natural gas industry was exempt from the clean air and water act because that is when the epa lost the power to regulate? we do not even know about it. no one talks about it. i do not even understand. you have high-level nuclear waste and these candidates are talking about more nuclear plants being built. we know what happened in japan. it had to stay isolated for 100,000 years to 1 million years. i had been looking into this and i am really frightened. host: are you hearing the candidates talk about environmental issues? caller: they are talking about jobs. so many of these jobs they are talking about providing are in industries that dumped into the oceans. we share the oceans. the oceans flow. it is not just our country, it is going to be all the count
i have been trying to learn about what is going on with our environment. did you know that it is said that possibly formaldehyde and hydrochloric acid are two of the chemicals added to the water that is pushed into the ground when they have diffracting -- the fracking going on? i found out that in 2005 the natural gas industry was exempt from the clean air and water act because that is when the epa lost the power to regulate? we do not even know about it. no one talks about it. i do not even...
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it is hard to see that that is what they are focused on in this environment. we're looking at an economy, 2%, the recession if we do not go off the fiscal cliff, but not much in the way of acceleration at least for the next year or longer. we're looking at a labor market that is truly draconian, one that has very low job growth, barely enough to employ the new entrants, that is driving down the unemployment rate be only because people are leaving the work for others -- the workforce, and has no prospects in a long term. that is the goal, what we need to do, where we need to be. it is not what we see being focused on. we have had numerous that commissions that the not go anywhere. if at super committees and special committees and select committees and at hoc committees and gangs of six and a and 10 and 12 and everything else, and we have not made any real headway on this issue of the debt and deficit in the long run. but the way, we get through the fiscal cliff, figure out how to make some grand bargain to address the debt, we still have a debt ceiling vote in
it is hard to see that that is what they are focused on in this environment. we're looking at an economy, 2%, the recession if we do not go off the fiscal cliff, but not much in the way of acceleration at least for the next year or longer. we're looking at a labor market that is truly draconian, one that has very low job growth, barely enough to employ the new entrants, that is driving down the unemployment rate be only because people are leaving the work for others -- the workforce, and has no...
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weekend drill and there is a piece of old equipment that you know we do not use any more in a wartime environment, it does have an impact on his shoulder saying why are we training with what we just had in afghanistan? the modernization is critical for our retention and for our readiness. to be ready, i have to train on the right equipment. >> are you satisfied with the modernization program as we have now, and that it is adequate? but i have some concerns. my concern would be that as the army is going for restructure and as they are drawing down their strain over years, i think that will lead us to make some decisions for the future that might say we can delays the modernization and so we decide what the structure looks like. i cannot afford to wait. my soldiers need equipment today. it is probably the smart thing to do in some cases. if we're going to draw that units that have modern equipment, it would cascade to me. i would have that modern equipment. they say we will give you what we have when we do away with those units. however, that is going to be several years down the road. i cannot aff
weekend drill and there is a piece of old equipment that you know we do not use any more in a wartime environment, it does have an impact on his shoulder saying why are we training with what we just had in afghanistan? the modernization is critical for our retention and for our readiness. to be ready, i have to train on the right equipment. >> are you satisfied with the modernization program as we have now, and that it is adequate? but i have some concerns. my concern would be that as the...
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moreover, the army has a critical role in shaping the environment by supporting combatant commanders and sustaining strong military relations with allies, building the capacity partners to maintain internal and regional stability and operating alongside our joined forces to facilitate access around the world. and we stand ready to win our nation's wars when needed. if all else fails, the army will always be ready to reach -- rapidly apply its combined arms capabilities to dominate and the environment and win decisively as part of the joint force. as we look ahead, the secretary and i have several priorities. foremost, we will provide trained, equipped, and ready forces to win the current fight. second, we will develop the army for the future as part of a joint force 2020, of course atomics and capabilities, formations, and equipment. we must sustain our high- quality, all-volunteer army. we will continue to transform the ways we modernize equipment by better align requirements, resources, and the acquisition process. we must invest in energy initiatives in order to reduce the cost of
moreover, the army has a critical role in shaping the environment by supporting combatant commanders and sustaining strong military relations with allies, building the capacity partners to maintain internal and regional stability and operating alongside our joined forces to facilitate access around the world. and we stand ready to win our nation's wars when needed. if all else fails, the army will always be ready to reach -- rapidly apply its combined arms capabilities to dominate and the...
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our aggressive agenda is paying off in terms of a cleaner environment and a growing economy. we just announced the state has added more than 27,000 jobs since the january and our unemployment rate has fallen to 7.4%, the lowest since november 2008. we are headed in the right direction. in our rapidly changing world, education is a very high-stakes enterprise. there is no investment that will have a greater impact on the future of this nation, at this stage, and on the quality of life before you, your children, and grandchildren than the one you have made in your education. your education has prepared you to take your place as global citizens who are informed as the issues important to your lives and the future of our planet. who respect and welcome diversity. who are engaged in building communities and strengthening democracy. as voters and leaders. graduates, take the blueprint your education has given you and start building. you can build strong families, green and vibrant communities, and a prosperous state. use it to to build a just and secure nation and a stable, peacefu
our aggressive agenda is paying off in terms of a cleaner environment and a growing economy. we just announced the state has added more than 27,000 jobs since the january and our unemployment rate has fallen to 7.4%, the lowest since november 2008. we are headed in the right direction. in our rapidly changing world, education is a very high-stakes enterprise. there is no investment that will have a greater impact on the future of this nation, at this stage, and on the quality of life before...
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we have so much oil and gas because of new technology that we know how to get without harming the environment. this puts people to work and creates manufacturing jobs. it lowers gas prices. it helps everybody becauseit lowers the cost to heat your home in the winter, to cool it in the summer, the electricity we pay. that means your paycheck goes farther. that means people living on fixed income have more income to live on. this is important. with an energy policy like the keystone pipeline, opening our land for development, we can stop sending our money to the middle east. it helps our economy and paychecks. [applause] another area -- we have all these people in between jobs. for every person who got a job last month, nearly four people stopped looking for a job. we are slipping behind. what we see when we look at the faces, talk to the people, see the names, it is a person in their 30's, 40's, 50's, early 60's. i will get to the person in their 20's in a minute. [laughter] it is a person who came out of school, got a career, got a good job and then their job went away. when the factory left.
we have so much oil and gas because of new technology that we know how to get without harming the environment. this puts people to work and creates manufacturing jobs. it lowers gas prices. it helps everybody becauseit lowers the cost to heat your home in the winter, to cool it in the summer, the electricity we pay. that means your paycheck goes farther. that means people living on fixed income have more income to live on. this is important. with an energy policy like the keystone pipeline,...
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the environment. it is common sense trey that i support. >> along with senator durbin and the president of united states, the st. agreements not cost -- these trade agreements the not cost that. is not true. we can verify that with caterpillar. the only thing that has cost the jobs here is why we have companies attacking clean coal and not allow us to go in and act as it. so caterpillar cannot build the big trucks this across the world. >> i would turn to maytag. not long after nafta passed, 1700 jobs went to mexico. that company received millions of dollars in taxpayer funds and move the jobs over to mexico. i talked to somebody like they've lost his job there. because the city was so devastated, he had to move away from the community to find work. >> next question directed first year cheri bustos. >> republicans have opposed cutting federal money for public broadcasting. do you favor eliminating the superb pitching? >> i cannot favor eliminating that. -- do you favor eliminating that? >> i am not in
the environment. it is common sense trey that i support. >> along with senator durbin and the president of united states, the st. agreements not cost -- these trade agreements the not cost that. is not true. we can verify that with caterpillar. the only thing that has cost the jobs here is why we have companies attacking clean coal and not allow us to go in and act as it. so caterpillar cannot build the big trucks this across the world. >> i would turn to maytag. not long after...
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but i've learned one thing about the political environment. unless there's power behind the ideas, that they will not emerge here in the congress, that there's too much pressure from the outside on a status quo or to protect some political interest. and no matter how much we show that it's working, it won't be adopted here unless we're able to win the argument with the american people. i spent most of my life in research and advertising and marketing and strategic planning. what i hope i can do from this point is to take these ideas and policies that i know work, and the heritage foundation for 40 years has been creating policies and analysis that show these ideas work. and what i hope i can do is to help connect those ideas with real people, real faces, and to show these people that these ideas are not theory, they're not political policies, but they're ideas that are working right at their state or the state right next to them. and if we can win the arguments, if we can win the hearts and the minds of the american people with these ideas, i
but i've learned one thing about the political environment. unless there's power behind the ideas, that they will not emerge here in the congress, that there's too much pressure from the outside on a status quo or to protect some political interest. and no matter how much we show that it's working, it won't be adopted here unless we're able to win the argument with the american people. i spent most of my life in research and advertising and marketing and strategic planning. what i hope i can do...
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this is a political year, and all of us are up you are talking about this in terms of the fiscal environment. to me, this budget goes beyond the line. it goes beyond just being a political document and goes to being an irresponsible document. given what we are facing in terms of fiscal problems, given our kids and grandkids will be facing, and given the impact on the economy, there is one thing in this budget that i think is relatively honest, and that is the president's projection of what the economy is going to do. maybe it is in part because of the budget. a budget document is both the spending cuts and revenue side and then an economic forecast. this budget, as i look at it, concedes the unemployment rate will be higher next year than this year, and higher in 2013 and next year. he projects a 8.9% unemployment in 2012, 8.6% in 2013. ultimately, that is the worst part of the budget. there is nothing in this budget to get our economy moving again. neither is taking on the fiscal issues in making sure you have more predictability and avoiding the kind of debt crisis we are seeing in europe,
this is a political year, and all of us are up you are talking about this in terms of the fiscal environment. to me, this budget goes beyond the line. it goes beyond just being a political document and goes to being an irresponsible document. given what we are facing in terms of fiscal problems, given our kids and grandkids will be facing, and given the impact on the economy, there is one thing in this budget that i think is relatively honest, and that is the president's projection of what the...
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[laughter] but these were people could explain to you the economics of solar energy, the environment but benefits and the feature to america strength. [applause] they know that we -- the boom in natural gas production is making a big difference. it is the cleanest of all the fossil fuels. the president has opened up new areas for that to be produced in a safe way to meet with strong standards. all of the above. this is a good thing. the kind of investments that have been made are good things to build an economy. the old economy will not come back. we will not have as many jobs related directly to home building but will have more jobs related to home energy efficiency. [applause] repairing homes, repairing office building, fixing university buildings, putting people to work. [applause] the health care bill was the good thing for the the american economy. [applause] when the affordable health care bill passed, people defending the old system -- let me tell you something. most people have no idea about health care economics because if your employer carries you on an employee policy, you
[laughter] but these were people could explain to you the economics of solar energy, the environment but benefits and the feature to america strength. [applause] they know that we -- the boom in natural gas production is making a big difference. it is the cleanest of all the fossil fuels. the president has opened up new areas for that to be produced in a safe way to meet with strong standards. all of the above. this is a good thing. the kind of investments that have been made are good things to...
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i believe the circumstances in america and around world are such that they create an environment where whoever is in authority and in power will have to act or pay the price. >> i am very optimistic, because i think the american people are not going to settle for anything less than success and they are going to help drive this debate. as business leaders, our job is to ensure that the business community is involved and that the employees of our members are involved in the discussions. when they are, the politicians will eventually do the right thing at. >> you think american politicians will do what's needed, weber's and government? >> i think so, we would not do what we do for a living. . . every one of the problems we handle.n be maybe we will get it done this kind. >> you can never go wrong ending on such terms. thank you all for joining me. [applause] >> thank you all for it joining us for conversations with power today. and a big thank-you to our keen observer on washington politics and the economy as a great moderator. thank you so much. and thank you to our panelists. john, tom,
i believe the circumstances in america and around world are such that they create an environment where whoever is in authority and in power will have to act or pay the price. >> i am very optimistic, because i think the american people are not going to settle for anything less than success and they are going to help drive this debate. as business leaders, our job is to ensure that the business community is involved and that the employees of our members are involved in the discussions....
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those are learning environment for these kids. once we learn that, we have to break out of the mind set back education starts at age 6. we have to break out of that and recognize the huge opportunity in these earlyn latent settings to develop the next- generation. we need to develop those adults are innovating in jobs that are more than fair wage work. i think both presidential campaigns are missing an opportunity to make this connection to education reform conversations. these changes are not going to happen until we look at what is happening to these children in the first six years of life. until we can recognize how far behind we are in investing in those children and in their families and supporting their families -- i do not think we can stop at kindergarten. what is kindergarten looking like? how are we thinking about science research as it relates to the child's first grade year and all the way up through young adulthood. how are we understanding their capacity to learn? are we harnessing the bat? i went to get quickly thre
those are learning environment for these kids. once we learn that, we have to break out of the mind set back education starts at age 6. we have to break out of that and recognize the huge opportunity in these earlyn latent settings to develop the next- generation. we need to develop those adults are innovating in jobs that are more than fair wage work. i think both presidential campaigns are missing an opportunity to make this connection to education reform conversations. these changes are not...
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to facilitate the environment where space rokets like the nasa general motors robot will provide new technologies for robot systems that create a human-like presence in space through telepresence control systems.r2, believe it aeronauts currently aboard the rss. it is doing normal tasks that used to be done by astronauts. we deal task like running a vacuum cleaner and doing other medial things. it is easy to forget that all the dollars we spend to get to space are right here on earth. that may seem obvious, but when you're talking about spacecraft hurtling millions of miles away into the solar system or even hundreds of miles above us, we must remember it is people, people who designed and operate them. people are currently orbiting on the i.s.s. and have done for more than 11 years without interruption. there has always been at least one american crew member. many of the technologies we develop to explore how big impact to quality of life across the globe. one of the most tangible ways we impact people's lives on a daily basis is an aeronautics. nasa continues to lay the foundation
to facilitate the environment where space rokets like the nasa general motors robot will provide new technologies for robot systems that create a human-like presence in space through telepresence control systems.r2, believe it aeronauts currently aboard the rss. it is doing normal tasks that used to be done by astronauts. we deal task like running a vacuum cleaner and doing other medial things. it is easy to forget that all the dollars we spend to get to space are right here on earth. that may...
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it is not just about the numbers, is about the operational environment we find ourselves in 2013. we have done much to degrade the taliban's capability, to deny them resources and sanctuary. we need to get to the fighting season to understand the combat power we will need in 2013. i have given my president and the chain of command to think through, and i have their support to take the time i need to develop those options further. a word about transition. i meant what i said about transition been the linchpin of our success. of the priorities i laid out when i took a man, the first of these was to keep up the pressure on the enemy, and we have done that. a very close second was to focus more sharply on our efforts to grow and develop capability -- they are better than we thought they would be. they are better than they thought they would be at this point. i use an example of the bravery and skill which they demonstrated that when they attempted to quell violence that resulted from protests last month, bravery that cost them to lives and more than 60 wounded. i can easily point to t
it is not just about the numbers, is about the operational environment we find ourselves in 2013. we have done much to degrade the taliban's capability, to deny them resources and sanctuary. we need to get to the fighting season to understand the combat power we will need in 2013. i have given my president and the chain of command to think through, and i have their support to take the time i need to develop those options further. a word about transition. i meant what i said about transition...
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what would that type of environment mean to you? >> an unsafe environment? >> yes. >> i would have stayed in my car. it is different when you have children. of course i think of my safety, but i think of my children, as well. there are programs, but not enough, for women with children. i could have gone to other shelters but i could not have taken my children with me. and a female, just from being a woman, you want to be able to feel that when you go to a shelter that you have adequate such it -- adequate safety. >> what would that have meant for the women who live in your facilities? >> let me just say, we do have at the agency, a 30- transitional program exclusively for women veterans. i believe that in some cases, women do come there because it is a place that they know is safe and they know is secured. we take great attention to that. i think one of the situations that exist is that there are so few of these programs in the community that are exclusive to women veterans that are designed for them to address their tremendous needs. that is one of the shor
what would that type of environment mean to you? >> an unsafe environment? >> yes. >> i would have stayed in my car. it is different when you have children. of course i think of my safety, but i think of my children, as well. there are programs, but not enough, for women with children. i could have gone to other shelters but i could not have taken my children with me. and a female, just from being a woman, you want to be able to feel that when you go to a shelter that you have...
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what it does to the environment, windmills are a disaster for the environment. you put them near plants and factories, that is one thing. but when you put them all over your countryside and the sort -- and destroy your countryside and it is a lousy form of energy -- you never heard of cylinder, i'm sure -- solyndra, i'm sure. i could see it going bed. but let it go back in three or four years, not like a couple of months later. [laughter] we'll run businesses. many of us have businesses big and you make good deals and you make bad deals, but they take years to go bad. it is not 15 seconds after the loan is approved. it is unbelievable. so i think that this country has enormous potential. we have horrible leadership. [cheers and applause] if we had, as an example, the right people negotiating with some of the country's that are all laughing at our stupidity and who are all over the lot and everyone has a different deal and that is fine -- to me, it is very simple. i know people who are so horrible, that are so vicious -- in some cases, they're nice, but they're g
what it does to the environment, windmills are a disaster for the environment. you put them near plants and factories, that is one thing. but when you put them all over your countryside and the sort -- and destroy your countryside and it is a lousy form of energy -- you never heard of cylinder, i'm sure -- solyndra, i'm sure. i could see it going bed. but let it go back in three or four years, not like a couple of months later. [laughter] we'll run businesses. many of us have businesses big and...
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then black democrats are advancing in predominantly white environment. -- environments. >> i do agree with the. we have to try to get all the voices in. i am going to ask each of you to speak back-to-back. we will answer both of your questions. please introduce yourself and ask a question. >> thank you. thank you for all coming out. i'm a first-time legislative from minnesota. -- a legislator from minnesota. i wanted some clarity on a comment i heard. it was a republican supreme justice that determined that there was no fraud in the election. 133 have been found to have committed fraud. but of those, -- out of those, they thought they could vote. fraud is not happening at all. if it is not fraud, the voter i.d. deals it is a national agenda, if it is not fraud, why do you think we are attaching an id to your right to vote? >> i am going to take both questions. >> as a citizen of this of the congressional district, i felt some obligation to ask a question. [laughter] i do appreciate, you alluded to my question, talking about democrats and republicans and having african americans repres
then black democrats are advancing in predominantly white environment. -- environments. >> i do agree with the. we have to try to get all the voices in. i am going to ask each of you to speak back-to-back. we will answer both of your questions. please introduce yourself and ask a question. >> thank you. thank you for all coming out. i'm a first-time legislative from minnesota. -- a legislator from minnesota. i wanted some clarity on a comment i heard. it was a republican supreme...
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guys maybe would have been advanced in previous environment will not be this time. it is reason to get shown the door. it'll be tougher to stay in. those that would have liked to make it a career may be forced out. >> anytime you get smaller, that happens. >> how much smaller will the navy be? >> what i was going to say is that it has gone down 30,000 sailors in the last 10 years already. if you lose those ships that i was talking about, you have also lost sailors to man the ships. the navy is smaller by almost 40,000. i think you will see the navy pretty much the same size. you will go up and down by a few thousand. we are at 323 today. that is not counting the reserves. we already are ready having to do in listed retention boards and officer retention boards because our reenlistment rates is so high. to his point, it was beginning to clog up. people were not getting promotion opportunities. we have just gone through readings that are overmanned. we have too many. we gave everyone a chance to move into. if they did not take the opportunity, these boards as winter r
guys maybe would have been advanced in previous environment will not be this time. it is reason to get shown the door. it'll be tougher to stay in. those that would have liked to make it a career may be forced out. >> anytime you get smaller, that happens. >> how much smaller will the navy be? >> what i was going to say is that it has gone down 30,000 sailors in the last 10 years already. if you lose those ships that i was talking about, you have also lost sailors to man the...
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i taught environmental studies, i think the environment does matter and i think conservatives ought to be pro environment in the broad sense that all of us want to have clean air and clean water and we want to have national parks and we want to have diversity of species. i don't think we should walk off and allow liberals to claim to be the only people who care about the environment. that was the reason they did the commercial. it was stupid to do it because nancy pelosi became so radioactive that the act of being on a couch with her was automatically, i mean -- >> eww! >> i rest my case. i have been very energetic my whole career and every once in a while, i do something dumb. i will concede, that was dumb. but the ad goes on to say something that is factually false. this is why i feel like i have been too passive. not in going negative, but it being more aggressive about the things that are just plain false. when al gore testified in favor of cap and trade in the house, i was the next witness. i testified against it. the entire videotape of my testimony is available at newt.com. it i
i taught environmental studies, i think the environment does matter and i think conservatives ought to be pro environment in the broad sense that all of us want to have clean air and clean water and we want to have national parks and we want to have diversity of species. i don't think we should walk off and allow liberals to claim to be the only people who care about the environment. that was the reason they did the commercial. it was stupid to do it because nancy pelosi became so radioactive...
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so guys who maybe would have been advanced in previous environments will not be this time. and failure to advance is reason to get shown the door. so it will be tougher to stay in, and those who would have liked to have made a career may be forced up. >> any time you get smaller, that happens. >> how much smaller will the navy be when it is over? >> what i was going to point out is that the navy has come down over 40,000 sailors in the last 10 years already. if you lose those ships we have talked about, you also lose the sailors that man those ships. i think you will see the navy pretty much the same size. you will go up and down by a few thousand. in the 320,000 range. we are i think at 323,000 today, more or less, not counting the reserves. but we are already having to do in listed -- enlisted retention boards and officer retention boards because our reenlistment rates are so high. it was beginning to clog up. people were not getting promotion opportunities. we have gone through two retention boards, one officer retention boards. we have gone through readings that are ove
so guys who maybe would have been advanced in previous environments will not be this time. and failure to advance is reason to get shown the door. so it will be tougher to stay in, and those who would have liked to have made a career may be forced up. >> any time you get smaller, that happens. >> how much smaller will the navy be when it is over? >> what i was going to point out is that the navy has come down over 40,000 sailors in the last 10 years already. if you lose those...
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will the political environment be different? will be congress be able to work together on the major factors affecting this country? >> snee know what? this is what i believe. i believe there are republicans in washington who would like to work with us and they have indicated that. i have been there for three years. i know several people who would really like to work with the president to solve problems, but the strategy of the republican party is this kind of rain of terror. any effort towards cooperation is considered a betrayal. people have been throttled and there desires to work together. my belief is when the president wins in november, we're going to liberate these republicans, if you will. it will blink in the light of our brand new day. they will say "you know what? we did it your way, and that was a failure for the country and for the republican party. and now we're going to work together. there may be issues on which we will fight, but where we can agree, we're going to find common ground." i think that is the message
will the political environment be different? will be congress be able to work together on the major factors affecting this country? >> snee know what? this is what i believe. i believe there are republicans in washington who would like to work with us and they have indicated that. i have been there for three years. i know several people who would really like to work with the president to solve problems, but the strategy of the republican party is this kind of rain of terror. any effort...